Before we begin though, we wanted to give another big shout out to NVIDIA for putting up some amazing prizes this week including the One X. You won’t find a better gaming experience on any phone thanks to its Tegra 3 quad-core processor and big beautiful screen. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out the Tegra Zone for all of your gaming needs.

Torque would be my favorite at the moment. I use it with a bluetooth OBD scanner, and can check fault codes on vehicles Works great and saves me and my family a lot of money by not having to go to mech. every time a check engine light comes on.

My favorite “non-google app” of all time is GoSMS Pro. Best app for texting hands down. I’ve used others, the stock android one, Handcent, but i always end up with Go SMS again. Really great app, it’s free, and you can theme it really easily which I like.

Nick

Pandora. I finally caved and bought the Pandora one service and I love it. I never had much luck with the other internet radios.

My favorite non Google app had got to be titanium backup. It’s the definition of android in my opinion because it is the biggest & best key for rooting and allowing users the freedom to customize, their android phone!

It changes every week, but right now due to the time of year, it’s Yahoo’s fantasy football app.

drunkwookiee

Tesla led. Who needs a flashlight anymore?

DanThompson87

My favorite app would be “Bible”. I use it every morning to listen on the way to work, share passages, and highlight verses etc etc. And best part is its always been FREE(and ad free ;] ) You may not be religious at all but you have to appreciate a good app when you see one ;]

There’s a few apps that are favs but I think I have to go with slacker radio. It’s allowed me to not have to keep buying music and to not have to constantly worry about how much space is left on my phone and I’m always finding a new song I’ve never heard.

Timothy Bracken

WiFi tether has came in handy a few times.

BTGGTR1

Gotta say Weatherbug…I know it’s not the most exciting app, but I use it more than a lot of my other apps. In my field of work I need to know what kinda weather I’m gonna be dealing with on a daily basis.

Rainy Days app, perfect weather radar that covers the entire globe and uses google maps to show the weather radar coverage. shows weather traveling up to a half an hour in dirction and sets on gps where you live, had it since my D1, works perfect for 3 years so far.

My favorite non-google app is AnkiDroid (or Anki). Its a flashcard app that uses algorithms to determine how often a card will show up in review, to help you learn more effectively. Super awesome app for students.

Evernote has to be my favorite all time non-Google app, I use it on a daily basis and find it way better than any other note taking app I’ve used.

Jose Galeas

my favorite non google app right now is probably TweetLanes, I love the Holo-theme UI its sleek and easy to use, even though im missing notifications, it doesnt kill my battery like most other twitter apps. over all for being out for such a new app its already better then most other twitter apps.

Lakerzz

I have to say that my favorite app is Evernote. I use it just about everyday. It was a tough choice between Evernote, and SMS Popup.

my Favorite non-google app, i have to say THE BEST app i have fell in love with is Pixlr-O-Matic THE BEST APP for Picture Editing. Its an app that keeps on giving every time it updates you get something new such as new effects that can make any picture look AMAZING !!!!

Dropbox! I can access all my files on the go and all my photos are backed up! I heard a story of a mother who took her child’s first moments with her phone. Had they been synced over Dropbox, she wouldn’t have had to announce it on national radio.

Mina Beshara

Favorite non-Google app has to be Netflix; I wouldnt be able to get through the day at work without it!

I’ll go with the less obvious Sports Radio Droid. I like having it on when doing random work!

Lex_Lai

Just one app? Gah, that’s hard but I have to say it’s Seesmic. It’s an almost perfect tweet client and one that I’ve been using more over a year.

Daniel

my favorite non Google app is probably the twitter app Twicca. I have YET to find something that is as fast and feature rich for the great price of free. I’ll always stand by it

George264

I’m going to have to say Facebook, and the world will hate me. It’s just the way I usually communicate with people after school, and it’s cool to share some stuff. Meh. If only I could pick a Google app… YouTube would have been my go-to with no thought. Oh well, it’s Facebook.

I got 2 favorite non-Google app: dropbox because its quick easy and best cloud server for students like me; Daily Ab Workout, good way to work abs the right way and that was also free thanks to amazon free app of the day.
We broke students will be happy bout anything free! 😀

Well technically speaking, superuser. This is the app that revolutionized the android eco system. Opened the doors for so many possibilities and gave the user complete control of his or her phone. 2nd choice would have to be netflix, time burner anywhere you are at.

My favorite app of all time must be ROM toolbox!! Jrummy is the man and ROM toolbox never ceases to amaze me with how many paid apps it replaces. For me it is the best $5 I have ever spent in the android market!!

I love Dropbox, but I’m starting to enjoy Box as well – not a fan of the 100MB upload limit, but still enjoy a free 50GB storage space… AND since I just got invited to try Box Sync, it’s even more better!

droidrazredge

I have Dropbox. You start out with 2 GB free storage. With referrals, dropbox contest, and camera uploads I am now up to 8 GB. Also with certain phones (HTC, Samsung) you can get a free 25gb, 50gb respectively by logging into the preloaded software. You just can’t beat that. I love the synchronization. I have set up a shared folder between my phone and home PC and secretary to work on various files. So far, it has worked flawlessly. I am always up to date.

My favorite app is Motomizer Expert because it allows me to speed up the performance of my
Bionic by overclocking and adding new governors and other root-related tweaks, and it’s one of the only apps that carry over to every rom I install.

Titanium Backup, because I will always be able to pick up right where I left off after flashing a new ROM, completely restoring all of my information and data. As someone who buys a new phone every 6 months to a year to have the latest and greatest, Titanium Backup helps me skip that boring setup stage and get right to enjoying the phone like it was meant to be enjoyed.

For me, Evernote is my favorite. For a full-time student, note taking and keeping up with homework is simplified ten fold. Not to mention that you can access notes on all of your devices. Its a life saver.

double twist player and airsync by doubletwist. together are my favorite apps, it plays music so smooth and the fact that I can transfer my music, videos or photos to my phone or tablet wirelessly is amazing.

Light Flow Lite. Being able to know what kind of notification you are getting without having to actually touch your phone gives you the CHOICE of whether you want to address them now or later. Simply put, Light Flow gives the LED light a meaningful existence. Granted, it requires root, but who isn’t nowadays?

Will Sifonte

Handcent SMS.

Francis Scardino

Swiftkey 3, there are many apps I use daily but this one by far the most since it’s pretty much integrated into everything. The stock keyboard has nothing on Swiftkey in either phone or tablet.

Since i am sure i cant pick my own themes from google play as my favorite applications, id have to say slider volume widget! Its easy to use, customization it perfection, and really who doesn’t need a decent sound widget!

Hemorrdroid

Has to be titanium backup, backing up all my favorite apps when ROM’ing or switching devices is a must.

sac23

For Sure its “”” TItanium back up “””

joejoe5709

Awww. So sad I didn’t get the Nexus7… Started a Twitter account just for you Kellex! Lol. I’d shoot for this one if I weren’t on Verizon. Sure, I could craigslist it for quick cash but I would want someone to actually enjoy such a nice phone. Hopefully your winner is a recent Android convert. 😉

SwiftKey. It’s been the first app I installed every time I have done a reset on my Galaxy Service and Hero before that. AK Notepad is a plus too. So simple and to the point. I prefer it over Catch. @sarcastisity

I love Widgetsoid’s specially on ICS and JB. I love the notification widget.

Micheel777

I can’t live without Pulse. I’m a scientist and a news junkie, and have tabs for Science and World News. However, I’m also newly out. Got to love an app that gives me the ability to setup an entire tab of gay news, humor, blogs, …, and even porn.

I really like PriceCheck by Amazon – it has really saved me lots of time and money by letting me search items in a B&M store and see reviews or better prices online. I almost bought a coffee maker today, but due to reviews on it (really, really bad reviews) I ended up getting a better one for cheaper! Can’t beat that.

PuzzleShot

Either FoxFi for enabling easy free wifi tethering (even though it doesn’t work on jelly bean, or Hulu because I feel extremely powerful watching shows with few ads and almost no buffering on 4G.

Claudinni Rosasinni

Can’t live with out SwiftKey keyboard!

eibook

I would have to say my favorite non-Google app would be Apex launcher.

My favorite non-google app that I love has to be the Kindle app. I love to read on my Nexus tablet and the Kindle app had more options with the dictionary and searching. After last nights update, Play books is looking alot better!

Spotify has to be my favorite all around “non-google” app. I’ll have to admit I even like to use the Spotify app on my *pod touch… I download all my playlists for offline and use that instead of the stock music player.. allows me to give Apple and the it*nes store the finger everytime I use it..

legalkill

Key Ring, especially now that on my GS3 hand scanners read barcode from most stores. (not sure but never scanned on my droid 1)

Nate

Easily Feedly. Love the layout, love the information I recieve due to it. How else would I read Droid-Life?

Bradley Albert Nemitz

I’m a big fan of AppExtractor, but with school being busy I don’t get to flash many ROMs these days. So, recently, it’s probably been TweetLanes. It’s my favorite twitter client to date.

Flashify is not my favorite but its very helpful to ANDROID users. For anyone unfamiliar with flashify, when the website you’re opening contains flash or chrome is funny, you hit the share link and click on flashify. With this it gives you the option of opening the same page through the stock browser immediately without emailing or messaging yourself the link

Dima Aryeh

SwiftKey for sure, best keyboard I’ve ever used! Tried to go back to Jelly Bean keyboard, it just doesn’t cut it. I type without looking on SwiftKey.

Mightytext…. So nice to be able to be at work and send/receive texts without looking down at my phone and typing it in each time. It’s just like using a chat program only with texts directly on the phone (SMS/MMS, not mobile data).

My favorite non-google app is “Wingstop Wings!” Not gonna lie, I love me a good Hot Wing and Fry meal! With the app, no matter whatever city I’m in, I can always find the nearest one! Stick with what works. I like to spend my money on food I know I’m going to enjoy!

engemasa

Battery Widget Reborn Pro – It is very well designed and it looks like it should be a part of the stock ICS UI.

My favorite non-Google app would definately have to be MyFitnessPal. I am trying to lose 40 pounds. Using this app, and watching what I eat are slowly starting to help. It tells me how many caleries are in something that I am eating, and it also tells me how many caleries I can have in one day, based on how much I want to lose.

Llama! Because this app truly represents what makes android great! Not only that but it accomplishes this in an intuitive and user friendly experience. This app turns any phone into an efficient, battery saving super phone!

Mike_Cook7

Key Ring, keeps all those silly things off my key chain freeing up more pocket space for a larger phone 🙂

I’m going with most used. As a root user and crack flasher I can’t live without titanium backup but I’m going to go with Flipboard. I know reader apps are a dime a dozen but its my favorite way to get my news

MTPenguin

My favorite non-Google app of all time is believe it or not, weather channel. I like their real time satellite mapping of current weather as I’m traveling on a motorcycle and it is more important than any reports or regular information.

LauncherPro.
Don’t use it anymore but back in the day when I first started getting into the OS this WAS the home screen app to have. Good times.

cmiram

Reddit is Fun! I swear ever since I downloaded it my productivity has gone to zero….

bigillz

Kindle, for sure. @jefebear on twitter

Tyler Morrow

Dropbox is amazing in so many ways. Fast way to move apk’s from the pc to your phone. Auto-upload for pics you take. Picture slideshow without downloading the pics, great for comics. It has so many uses!

Timeriffic. I can set my ringer to go off at night automatically, set it to turn on in the morning, set to vibrate for the time I’m usually commuting to work, set it back to ring and turn on the wifi while I’m in the office… I know there are other apps out there that do this, but Timeriffic is free and amazing!

I’m going with Torque. I dont use it often, but when I need it its great!. No need to buy a seperate OBDII reader. The other apps I use are great, but really just change the way I use Android, so counting those ones out today.

I love and have used several apps since I’ve started using Android devices, but Instagram, yes I know.. is one that I used since day 1 and continue to use daily. It’s connected me with family and friends better than Facebook does.

Easily the best non-Google app I use is WhatsApp. I use this IM all day, every day to send instant messages, pictures and video to family and friends. This incredible app is a must have on anyones phones. You’ll never send a plain old text message again!

Jason Pillow

I don’t have a twitter >:(

I’d have to say my favorite app would be what others have said, titanium backup, SwiftKey, or rom toolbox.

Swype, I one hand my phone all the time so typing one handed using swype just seemed natural.

kdrexler81

I really love using Flipboard. I don’t install a lot of apps, but this is one I always use.

pouxonu

Favorite non-Google app for me is Tapatalk. Love being able to quickly get to all my forum sites quickly and being able to get help, tips,tricks,and them some using the forum specific widgets gets me all my forums at my fingertips.

dpat180

VGBA is THE BEST APP EVER!!! Get to relive my childhood of playing pokemon, without lugging around a GBA!

Swype ever since I lost my slide out keyboard. One-handed one-finger typing has never been easier!

StealieSubie

Titanium Backup makes it easy to change phones every few weeks without loosing Call Logs, SMS, and MMS. Hard to choose just one, but if I must it’s def TB.

DraconisV

Yelp. A man’s gotta eat!

Robert Silva

My favorite non-google app of all time is no doubt titanium backup pro! One of the first apps I ever purchased and I’ve used it to save my app data across 3 phones now. Its an app I will also always use.